Boeing Co. is nearing a $4 billion deal with Russia’s largest air-freight company that would help extend the life of the iconic, hump-nosed 747 jumbo jet amid waning demand for four-engine aircraft, people close to the transaction said.

The leaders of Australia's two main political parties will hold an online debate for the first time in a national election campaign ahead of a July 2 vote, debate sponsors Facebook and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said on Tuesday.

Authorities in the southern town of Vung Tau will erect hundreds of signs warning beachgoers not to swim at night following a series of incidents in which swimmers were caught in dangerous rip currents, VnExpress reported.

Ian Bremmer, president and founder at Eurasia Group, examines the state of relations between the United States and Europe, the increasing influence of China and the waning influence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the outskirts of Paris for a summit that seeks nothing less than to steer the global economy away from its ever-growing reliance on fossil fuels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was heading for a heavy defeat on Sunday in a key election in India's third most populous state, signaling the waning power of a leader who until recently had an unrivalled reputation as a vote winner.

The US and China held "candid and to-the-point" talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings, aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world's two biggest economies, a senior US official said.